Want to lend a hand to a good artistic cause?
The Burnaby Arts Council has launched an online crowd-source funding campaign to help out its Burnaby Summer Theatre program.
The program has been going on for more than 30 years.
Each summer, the arts council employs four or five students from Simon Fraser University, who create, produce, perform and tour with a piece of contemporary theatre - to venues that include seniors' centres, community centres, public parks, Burnaby Village Museum, B.C. Children's Hospital and Canuck Place.
The arts council pays the performers' wages, but the board is looking for some additional funding to cover the expense of a van rental and fuel to transport the performers and their props to various venues.
"With a small financial donation toward this innovative community arts program, together we can ensure that this fabulous event is on the road and headed towards a successful performance season," a write-up says.
You can become a gold, silver or bronze supporter with donations of $100, $50 or $25 respectively. You can find the program and all the details at www.gofundme.com/Summer-Theatre-Transport.
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Art lovers may want to check out a new exhibition at the SFU Gallery.
Kelly Lycan's Autobiography for No One opens May 10 and runs until Aug. 1 at the Gallery.
A press release notes that the exhibition examines the way in which an object's value is contingent upon its display.
The monochromatic installation presents all-white materials as a still life within the gallery.
"Operating akin to a studio space, the gallery contains an in-development installation to reveal the process of the still life before it is captured or fixed," explains a write-up on the gallery website. "Found furniture, clay forms, plaster casts of mass produced vases, stacked multiples, piles of discarded drywall, hanging transparent sheets, fitness equipment, inverted wastebaskets and pooled paint create an unfolding - and potentially boundary-less - space for the viewer."
The exhibition is curated by Melanie O'Brian.
Intrigued? Stop by the gallery, in the Academic Quadrangle, Room 3004, to check it out. The official opening is Saturday, May 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday noon to 5 p.m. (closed Saturdays on holiday weekends). Call 778-782-4266 or email [email protected] for information, or see www.sfugalleries.ca for more.
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Love music?
The Quartete a Tete band is bringing its Celtic sounds to a concert at All Saints Anglican Church on May 17.
The concert is at 7 p.m., and the church is at 7405 Royal Oak Ave.
Tickets are $15.
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A Burnaby photographer is among the best in the nation.
Anna Beaudry, a professional photographer from Burnaby, had four images accepted and exhibited in the Professional Photographers of Canada National Image Salon.
The salon includes images judged by a panel of master photographers from across Canada, selected in a competition in 21 different classes, including press, portrait, architecture and fashion.
Beaudry notes that one of her selected images, Winter Oasis Destinations, was created with the help of the team at Nita Lake Lodge in Whistler.
"Before I could make the image, guests were requested to leave their lights on before they went skiing, and we had someone directing traffic while I was up on a ladder in the middle of the road," she said in a press release. "Needless to say, my client was thrilled to learn that image scored a merit."
Check out www.ppoc.ca/blog/2014-national-image-salon-gallery to see more of the selected photos.
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